UN MISSION: NO EVIDENCE ON PLAN OF ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST SFOR COMMANDER

SARAJEVO, July 9 (Hina) - Charges were pressed against Adnan Kadric, who was last Saturday arrested in Mostar, for his illegal possession of arms and forgery of documents. However, there is still no evidence that he should be charged on suspicion that he was planning an assassination attempt against the Stabilisation Force (SFOR) chief commander, a spokeswoman for the UN mission in Bosnia- Herzegovina said on Tuesday. #L# The spokeswoman Kirsten Haupt confirmed that at the moment of his apprehension Kadric had possessed sophisticated arms and some amount of ammunition. It was established that Kadric, who comes from the central town of Zenica, did not possess valid papers on the ownership of a car he was driving when he was halted by local policemen in Mostar. According to the UN mission, the collected evidence is not sufficient for accusing Kadric of planning the murder of SFOR commander, American General John Sylvester, who was in Mostar at the same time when the accused was nabbed. The claims that Kadric has been involved in the plan for the assassination are just media speculations, Haupt added. According to Monday's issue of "Vecernji List" for Bosnia- Herzegovina, local police officers halted a car in a Mostar street, which was driven by Adnan Kadric last Saturday. The daily claims that Kadric is connected with Islamic terrorist and criminal groups in Germany and the Netherlands. During the search of his car, the police found a silencer-equipped machine- gun. The police also subsequently established that Kadric had driven the stolen car. As Kadric was stopped only 300 metres of a location where Gen. Sylvester should pass some time later, the police officers suspected that he might be preparing the assassination of the SFOR commander. (hina) ms sb